Food poisoning? Did a turkey try to cross a road and cause a traffic accident?

I don't think turkeys can fly. Was this somehow relevant? I know on an old show in the states (WKRP of Cincinatti)--and I saw this probably over twenty years ago--Les Nessman decided to do a Thanksgiving turkey drop from a Helicopter (thinking turkeys could fly) and they plummeted to the ground--can't remember if deaths were involved or not, though. Sounds morbid, but it was actually pretty funny.

Real turkey--as in "gobble gobble"?YopeLive turkey? Yes when the story began, no when finishedFrozen turkey? no

And people were killed?Yes

Food poisoning?No Did a turkey try to cross a road and cause a traffic accident?No

I don't think turkeys can fly.This one sure can't Was this somehow relevant? I know on an old show in the states (WKRP of Cincinatti)--and I saw this probably over twenty years ago--Les Nessman decided to do a Thanksgiving turkey drop from a Helicopter (thinking turkeys could fly) and they plummeted to the ground--can't remember if deaths were involved or not, though. Sounds morbid, but it was actually pretty funny.LOL!

Clearly not the right answer, then! Turkey Lurkey was the friend of Chicken Little, in the old fairy tale, who went around warning everyone that the sky was falling down. Which, in some versions of the tale, it did. As for Mr Hankey ... I'll let you google that: I don't want to corrupt you. =)

Is Turkey (the country) relevant? Is Turkey a proper name in this context? Is it a cartoon character? When you speak of a verbal transformation, do you mean that we actually need to change the word "turkey" into something else? In a similar way to the extension of "key" to "turkey"?

Clearly not the right answer, then! Turkey Lurkey was the friend of Chicken Little, in the old fairy tale, who went around warning everyone that the sky was falling down. Which, in some versions of the tale, it did. As for Mr Hankey ... I'll let you google that: I don't want to corrupt you. =)

Is Turkey (the country) relevant? Is Turkey a proper name in this context?no Is it a cartoon character?no When you speak of a verbal transformation, do you mean that we actually need to change the word "turkey" into something else?Yes-ish In a similar way to the extension of "key" to "turkey"?Not extension... this transformation is like yankees to Americans sort of thing...

ok, just checked out your clue. I live in the US, and I am trying to think if I know (or remember hearing) anything about the area in which you live... Have you been watching the news or Yahoo recently? This was like on all news channels

Were the members of Virginia Tech called Turkeys? Virginia Tech Turkeys, or something like this? Is this the mascot of their school by any chance? I don't know much about mascots of the different colleges.

Were the members of Virginia Tech called Turkeys? Virginia Tech Turkeys, or something like this? Is this the mascot of their school by any chance? I don't know much about mascots of the different colleges.Yes, this is it: ***************SPOILER*************** A key killed many people. How could this happen? The key was a turkey, in a joke. And the VT mascot is the Hokie bird(A turkey). This puzzle was about the April 12th shooting in this town.

Good puzzle--good transition from thinking about a live turkey thinking about a mascot. I really had to think about this one. I hope you were not close friends with any of the victims. Even so, I hope the people in the town are able to recover quickly from this tragedy.